Medium severity · published Mar 24, 2017
CVE-2017-5644
Apache POI in versions prior to release 3.15 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a specially crafted OOXML file, aka an XML Entity Expansion…
5.5
CVSS
4.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Apache POI in versions prior to release 3.15 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a specially crafted OOXML file, aka an XML Entity Expansion (XEE) attack.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)4.6% · higher than 92% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PO
Poi · Apache
through 3.14 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5644
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5644
Vendor Advisory
http://poi.apache.org/#20+March+2017+-+CVE-2017-5644+-+Possible+DOS+%28Denial+of+Service%29+in+Apache+POI+versions+prior+to+3.15
www.securityfocus.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96983
www.oracle.com
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
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